Westside Osteopathy

Sports Injuries

Sporting activity is a way of life for many individuals, from the get fit enthusiast to the elite and the not so elite athletes.

Osteopaths are able to help to prevent and also treat a range of sporting injuries affecting all parts of the body including:

• Shoulder injuries


• Tennis and golfer’s elbow


• Knees injuries involving ligaments and cartilage


• Running cycling and swimming injuries


• Wrist and hand injuries


• Achilles tears and strains


• Overuse injuries

Sporting injuries may come about due to a number of different reasons such as:

• Poor training techniques


• Poor equipment such as inadequate running shoes


• Reduced or too much joint mobility


• Poor biomechanics


• Inadequate warm up


• Weak or tight muscles


• Poor stability or co-ordination

Osteopathic care in sports injury management will firstly highlight what’s wrong with the body (weak or tight muscle groups, biomechanical problems, stiff joints) and will then go onto what is being done by the body (poor warm up, training errors etc).

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